AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
FOOD CITY 500
Site: Bristol, Tennessee
Schedule: Friday, practice (FS1, 11 a.m.); qualifying (FS1, 4:15 p.m.); Saturday, practice (FS1, 8:30 a.m.), practice (11 a.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (FOX).
Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, 0.53 miles).
Race distance: (500 miles, 266.5 laps).
Last year: Denny Hamlin, one of seven drivers to lead at least 20 laps, overcame starting from 15th to claim the win.
Last week: In Texas, Kyle Busch became the first driver in 25 years to notch consecutive weekend sweeps. It was the 36th win in Sprint Cup for Busch.
Fast facts: There is no reason to think that Busch can't pick up another sweep in Bristol. He swept all three national series races in the same weekend on the short track in the summer event six years ago ... Tony Stewart said last weekend that he still doesn't know when he will be able to get back in the No. 14 after breaking his back. Brian Vickers and Ty Dillon have been splitting the role as Stewart's replacement driver.
Next race: Toyota Owners 400, April 24, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS 300
Site: Bristol, Tennessee
Schedule: Friday, practice (FS1, 12:30 p.m.), Friday, practice (FS1, 3 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying, (FS1, 9:30 a.m.) race, 12:30 p.m. (FS1)
Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, 0.533 miles).
Race distance: (300 miles, 159.9 laps).
Last year: Joey Logano took the lead on the first lap and never let go, topping all 300 laps in a snoozer.
Last race: Kyle Busch won from the pole to kick off an historic weekend in Martinsville.
Fast facts: Daniel Suarez saw his lead over Elliott Sadler fall to just one point, 207-206. Justin Allgaier is third with 198 points, and Erik Jones, Brandon Jones and Ty Dillon are all within 20 points of Suarez ... After next week's event in Richmond, the series will run just three times until June.
Next race: ToyotaCare 250, April 23, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, Virginia.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
Next race: Toyota Tundra 250, May 6, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas.
Last race: Kyle Busch began his Martinsville sweep by leading 123 laps and holding off John Hunter Nemechek for the win on April 2.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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VERIZON INDYCAR
TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
Site: Long Beach, California
Schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m.), practice (5 p.m.); Saturday, practice (1 p.m.), qualifying (5-6:15 p.m., NBCSN, 6-7:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 4:30 p.m. (NBCSN).
Track: (street, 1.97 miles).
Race distance: (157 miles, 80 laps).
Last year: Helio Castroneves earned the pole with a track-record time, but Scott Dixon won the race and later claimed his fourth IndyCar championship.
Last race: Dixon dominated the first IndyCar race in Phoenix in 11 years, winning for the 20th time on an oval.
Fast facts: Ryan Hunter-Reay will race the IMSA race a day before running in the IndyCar race. Hunter-Reay has already run in a pair of endurance events this season ... Brian Barnhart, IndyCar's vice president of competition, clarified why a yellow came out two laps from the finish in Phoenix, saying that the single-car incident involving Alexander Rossi happened in front of the leaders and forced cars to take evasive action.
Next race: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, April 24, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
DENSO SPARK PLUGS NHRA NATIONALS
Next event: 4Wide NHRA Nationals, April 22-24, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Last race: Defending Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown won for the first time in 2016 in Las Vegas, hitting nearly 315 mph to hold off Troy Buff.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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FORMULA ONE
CHINESE GRAND PRIIX
Site: Jiading, Shanghai
Schedule: Friday, practice (10 p.m.-11:30 p.m.), practice (2 a.m.-3:30 a.m.); Saturday, practice (12 a.m.-1 a.m.), qualifying (3 a.m.-4 a.m.); Sunday, race, 2 a.m. (NBCSN).
Track: Shanghai International Circuit (road, 3.39 miles).
Race distance: (190 miles, 56 laps).
Last year: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg gave Mercedes a 1-2 finish, with Hamilton winning by less than a second. The Ferraris driven by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished third and fourth.
Last race: Nico Rosberg of Mercedes won his fifth consecutive race in Bahrain. Rosberg is just the eighth F1 driver to win five in a row and all previous drivers that did so went on the win the championship.
Fast facts: The Chinese Grand Prix will be the first race to use last year's qualifying system. The new rolling-elimination format, in which the slowest driver is eliminated every 90 seconds, was used in the first two races this season in Australia and Bahrain before being shelved following heavy criticism.
Next race: Russian Grand Prix, May 1, Sochi Autodrum, Sochi, Russia.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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OTHER RACES
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Friday, April 15, Budweiser Bash, Bakersfield Speedway, Bakersfield, California. Saturday, April 16, SoCal Showdown, Perris Auto Speedway, Perris, California.
Online: http://www.woosprint.com/